Note: At the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916, Invincible, Indomitable, and Inflexible were steaming ahead of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's Grand Fleet when Invincible came under sustained fire from the German battleships Derfflinger Lützow, and König. At 18:33 a shell scored a direct hit on Q turret. The antiflash devices between turrets and magazines were inadequate and there was an almost instantaneous explosion that blew the ship in half. There were only six survivors; 1,021 crew were lost.

FROST John No further information currently.

FIRTH Frederick Alexander Born in Downham Market the last quarter of 1888. A photo copy of a newspaper clipping regarding his funeral in Doncaster states that he was Sgt. Frederick Firth of the Norfolk Regiment, he had not been out of the Army for very long when he was employed at Doncaster Tramways as a Conductor. He had served several years in the Army before the war and was called up, as a reservist, at the outbreak of war and was sent out for service with the original expeditionary force and afterward being attached to the Royal Engineers. After 2¼ years service in France he was invalided home with trench fever and bronchitis. He was discharged as unfit for service in February 1917. He tried but could not resume his job on the Tramways due to his health and died November 30, 1917 and was buried December 4, 1917. The exact date of the newspaper is unknown. The newspaper clipping says he was buried with "full military honours, the remains being borne on a gun carriage and a firing party being supplied by his old regiment the Norfolks, the procession was headed by the fine band of the 24th Battalion. The service was conducted by the Rev. E. E. Law, chaplain to the Forces." He was a lodger with Mrs. Pease, 43 Urban Road, Doncaster, he was a colleague of her son Private Percy Pease prior to the war. Percy Pease was killed in action in July 1916. Sgt Firth had three brothers in the army one at Salonica, one in France and one on Home Service.

GROOM William John Private 32101, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 9th March 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 41. Enlisted Downham Market. Husband of Ethel Groom, of Paradise Road, Downham Market, Norfolk. Commemorated in Queen's Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas de Calais, France. Special Memorial 4. Special memorials record the names of six soldiers from the United Kingdom, buried in Miraumont German Cemetery, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.

HARNWELL George Private 2125, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment. Died 21st August 1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 16. Born and enlisted Downham Market. Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Harnwell, of Bridge Road, Downham West, Norfolk. Commemorated on a special memorial in Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Turkey.

Note: The war graves plot also contains the HAIDAR PASHA MEMORIAL, which was erected to commemorate more than 30 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War who died fighting in South Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, and in post Armistice operations in Russia and Transcaucasia, whose graves are not known. An Addenda panel was later added to commemorate over 170 Commonwealth casualties who are buried in cemeteries in South Russia and Transcaucasia whose graves can no longer be maintained.

Note: During the First World War, Hamburg Cemetery was used for the burial of over 300 Allied servicemen who died as prisoners of war. In 1923, it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries. Hamburg was one of those chosen, and burials were brought into the cemetery from 120 burial grounds* in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Hanover, Saxony, Brunswick and Westphalia.

The following cemeteries are among those from which graves were brought to Hamburg: GUSTROW PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 59 burials of 1914-1918. Gustrow was one of the main camps in which prisoners in Germany were registered. HANNOVER (LIMMER) MILITARY CEMETERY, Hannover. 31 burials of 1914-1918. HELIGOLAND CHURCHYARD, Helgoland. one burial of 1916. MINDERHEIDE PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Westphalia. 55 burials of 1916-1918. MUNSTER CAMP PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Hannover. 130 burials of 1917-1919. PARCHIM PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Mecklenburg Schwerin. 83 burials of 1917-1919. SOLTAU PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Hannover. 25 burials of 1916-1918. VERDEN GARRISON CEMETERY, Hannover. 29 burials of 1916-1918.

Note: The grave references marked A/C. Screen Wall are casualties, buried in Plot 72, now Alternatively Commemorated on a Screen Wall, near to the Cross of Sacrifice; these graves are otherwise no longer marked.

COLLEN JimPrivate 5774979, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died while a Prisoner of War 11th March 1944. Age 25. Buried in Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand. Plot 8 Row M Grave 9.

COWELL WalterSergeant 628277, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 20th July 1940. Aged 20. Son of Robert John and Sarah Elizabeth Cowell, of Porter Street, Downham Market. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel 13.

WOODWARD Peter[William]Private 5774875, 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died as a Prisoner of War 23rd August 1943. Aged 22. Son of William James Woodward and Mildred Sarah Woodward, of Downham Market. Buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thailand. Plot B3. Row W. Grave 4.

THOSE BURIED IN DOWNHAM MARKET CHURCHSIDE (KING'S WALK) CEMETERYNOT RECORDED ON THE MEMORIAL

ANDREWS Harold JamesPilot Officer 410292, Royal Australian Air Force. Died 18th June 1943. Aged 21. Son of William Howard and Lydia Grace Andrews, of South Yara, Victoria, Australia. Buried in Downham Market Cemetery. Row 5. Grave 2.